"Finch The true finches are small to medium-sized passerine birds in the family Fringillidae. Finches have stout conical bills adapted for eating seeds and often have colourful plumage. They occupy a great range of habitats where they are usually resident and do not migrate. They have a worldwide distribution except for Australia and the polar regions. The family includes species known as siskins, canaries, redpolls, serins, grosbeaks and euphonias. Many birds in other families are also commonly called ""finches"". These groups include: the estrildid finches (Estrildidae) of the Old World tropics and Australia; some members of the Old World bunting"
"Atlantic canary The Atlantic canary (""Serinus canaria""), known worldwide simply as the wild canary and also called the island canary, canary, or common canary, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus ""Serinus"" in the finch family, Fringillidae. It is native to the Canary Islands, the Azores, and Madeira. Wild birds are mostly yellow-green, with brownish streaking on the back. The species is common in captivity and a number of colour varieties have been bred. This bird is the natural symbol of the Canary Islands, together with the Canary Island date palm. The wild Atlantic canary can range from"
"Domestic canary The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (""Serinus canaria"" forma ""domestica""), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (The Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century. They were brought over by Spanish sailors to Europe. This bird became expensive and fashionable to breed in courts of Spanish and English kings. Monks started breeding them and only sold the males (which sing). This kept the birds in short supply and drove the price up. Eventually,"
"Cape siskin The Cape siskin (""Crithagra totta""), is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the southern Cape Province of South Africa. This locally common but shy and unobtrusive siskin is found in the southwestern and southern Cape’s rocky slopes, coastal cliffs and fynbos-covered mountains. It also occurs in towns and the suburbs of Cape Town. The Cape siskin was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"" but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including"
"This siskin seems to belong to the North American Spinus/Carduelis evolutive radiation, whose parental species is the Eurasian siskin. This finch may have displaced from America to the parental species Eurasian siskin. Pine siskin The pine siskin (""Spinus pinus"") is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. These birds are fairly small, being around the same size as the widespread American goldfinch. In both sexes, total length can range from , with a wingspan of and weight of . Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on"
"Pine siskin The pine siskin (""Spinus pinus"") is a North American bird in the finch family. It is a migratory bird with an extremely sporadic winter range. These birds are fairly small, being around the same size as the widespread American goldfinch. In both sexes, total length can range from , with a wingspan of and weight of . Adults are brown on the upperparts and pale on the underparts, with heavy streaking throughout. They have short forked tails. Their bills are conical like most finches but are more elongated and slender than those of other co-occurring finches. Variably, pine"
"Fenerbahçe (Turkey), Kedah FA (Malaysia), the Brazil national football team and the Brazil women's national football team. Domestic canary The domestic canary, often simply known as the canary (""Serinus canaria"" forma ""domestica""), is a domesticated form of the wild canary, a small songbird in the finch family originating from the Macaronesian Islands (The Azores, Madeira and the Canary Islands). Canaries were first bred in captivity in the 17th century. They were brought over by Spanish sailors to Europe. This bird became expensive and fashionable to breed in courts of Spanish and English kings. Monks started breeding them and only sold"
"scrub as it forages for seeds, buds and insects. Cape siskin The Cape siskin (""Crithagra totta""), is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is an endemic resident breeder in the southern Cape Province of South Africa. This locally common but shy and unobtrusive siskin is found in the southwestern and southern Cape’s rocky slopes, coastal cliffs and fynbos-covered mountains. It also occurs in towns and the suburbs of Cape Town. The Cape siskin was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"" but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus"
"Loriinae Loriinae is a subfamily of psittacines birds, one of the five subfamilies that make up the Psittaculidae family. It consists of three tribes, the lories and lorikeets (Loriini), the budgerigar (Melopsittacini) and the fig parrots (Cyclopsittini), which are small birds, mostly of bright colors and inhabitants of Oceania and the islands of Southeast Asia. Traditionally it was considered that the lories were the only members of the subfamily Loriinae, or were integrated into their own family, Loriidae, but currently they are classified as a tribe, Loriini, within a larger Loriinae subfamily. The genetic studies showed that the lories are"
"In the UK, this practice ceased in 1986. Typically, the domestic canary is kept as a popular cage and aviary bird. Given proper housing and care, a canary's lifespan ranges from 10 to 15 years. The birds are named after Spain's Canary Islands, which derive their name from the Latin ""Insula Canaria"" (after one of the larger islands, Gran Canaria), meaning ""island of dogs"", due to its ""vast multitudes of dogs of very large size"". Canaries are generally divided into three main groups: While wild canaries are a yellowish-green colour, domestic canaries have been selectively bred for a wide variety"
"Spinus (genus) Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ""spinos"", a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus ""Carduelis"". They were moved to the resurrected genus ""Spinus"" based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"". The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World"
"There is an isolated population in south-east Venezuela, Guyana and the Brazilian state of Roraima. It is commonly found in flocks, feeding in trees or bushes or on the ground. The diet consists mainly of seeds together with buds, leaves and some insects. Geophagy has been observed in this species. It has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al. Hooded siskin The hooded siskin (""Spinus magellanicus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family (Fringillidae), native to South America. It belongs to the putative clade of Neotropical siskins in the genus ""Spinus sensu lato"". There are 11 subspecies including"
"Eurasian siskin The Eurasian siskin (""Spinus spinus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It is also called the European siskin, common siskin or just siskin. Other (archaic) names include ""black-headed goldfinch"", ""barley bird"" and ""aberdevine"". It is very common throughout Europe and Asia. It is found in forested areas, both coniferous and mixed woodland where it feeds on seeds of all kinds, especially of alder and conifers. It can be distinguished from other similar finches by the color of the plumage. The upper parts are greyish green and the under parts grey-streaked white. Its wings are"
"Yellow canary The yellow canary (""Crithagra flaviventris"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in much of the western and central regions of southern Africa and has been introduced to Ascension and St Helena islands. The yellow canary was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"" but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow canary were moved to the resurrected genus ""Crithagra"". For an overview of finch phylogeny (including canaries) see the entry on"
"Hooded siskin The hooded siskin (""Spinus magellanicus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family (Fringillidae), native to South America. It belongs to the putative clade of Neotropical siskins in the genus ""Spinus sensu lato"". There are 11 subspecies including the Santa Cruz siskin ""S. m. santaecrucis"" of central and eastern Bolivia. This is sometimes considered to be a separate species. Hooded siskins are 10 to 14 cm in length. The male is largely green above and yellow below with a black head. It has a narrow yellow collar and a yellow rump. The tail is black with yellow"
"S. spinescens, S. yarrelli, S. magellanicus, S. olivaceus, S. xanthogastrus, and S. barbatus are believed to have resulted from this radiation. Black-headed siskin The black-headed siskin (""Spinus notatus""), also known in Belize as the Jonny Bee, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. This species is considered the extant ""father"" of the South American siskin radiation. This bird is one of the extant parental species of one of the Spinus/Carduelis North"
"serin, and the two can produce on average 25% fertile hybrids if crossed. The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al. The bird is named after the Canary Islands, not the other way around. The islands' name is derived from the Latin name ""canariae insulae"" (""islands of dogs"") used by Arnobius, referring to the large dogs kept by the inhabitants of the islands. A legend of the islands, however, states that it was the conquistadors who named the islands after a fierce tribe inhabiting the largest island of the group, known as the 'Canarii'. The colour canary yellow"
"such as central Costa Rica. Where it remains common, in remote or protected areas, flocks of up to 30 birds forage in the canopy for small insects and oak flowers, or descend to clearings for seeds. The males may sing socially. The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al. Yellow-bellied siskin The yellow-bellied siskin (""Spinus xanthogastrus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela. The yellow-bellied siskin breeds in mountain oak forests at altitudes between 800–3000 m. The nest"
"Black-headed siskin The black-headed siskin (""Spinus notatus""), also known in Belize as the Jonny Bee, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. This species is considered the extant ""father"" of the South American siskin radiation. This bird is one of the extant parental species of one of the Spinus/Carduelis North American radiation which extended to South America after closing of the Isthmus of Panama . The species S. atratus, S. crassirostris,"
"treat it as a subspecies of black-headed canary, ""Serinus alario"". Its habitat is dry open scrub and grassland, edges of cultivation, and suburban gardens. The Damara canary is a common and gregarious seed-eater, forming flocks of up to 200 birds. Its call is a low ""tseett"", and the male’s song is jumble of unmusical notes. Damara canary The Damara canary, ""Serinus leucolaema"", is a small passerine bird in the finch family. The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain. It is listed by the International Ornithologists' Union as a subspecies of the black-headed canary (""Serinus alario""). The Damara canary is"
"Saffron siskin The saffron siskin (""Spinus siemiradzkii"") is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat destruction and the IUCN has assessed it as being a ""vulnerable species"". The saffron siskin grows to a length of about . Like other siskins, the colours of this bird are black, olive and yellow, with black wings with a prominent yellow band on the bases of the flight feathers and another on the wing"
"The remaining 15 Oscine families (343 species in 2015) form a series of basally branching sister groups to the Corvoid - Passerid clade. All of these groups, which form at least six successively branching basal clades, are found exclusively or predominantly in Australasia. Australian endemics are also prominent among basal lineages in both Corvoids and Passerids, suggesting that songbirds originated and diverged in Australia. Songbird A songbird is a bird belonging to the clade Passeri of the perching birds (Passeriformes). Another name that is sometimes seen as a scientific or vernacular name is Oscines, from Latin ""oscen"", ""a songbird"". This"
"the country adds to the likeliness of the threat that it faces. Saffron siskin The saffron siskin (""Spinus siemiradzkii"") is a species of finch in the family Fringillidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and urban areas. It is threatened by habitat destruction and the IUCN has assessed it as being a ""vulnerable species"". The saffron siskin grows to a length of about . Like other siskins, the colours of this bird are black, olive and yellow, with black wings with a prominent yellow band"
"included in the group. The name ""Spinus"" was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The genus contains 20 species: Spinus (genus) Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ""spinos"", a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus ""Carduelis"". They were moved to the resurrected genus ""Spinus"" based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan"
"""Neospiza"" (meaning ""new finch"") but was assigned to the genus ""Crithagra"" based on a phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. São Tomé grosbeak The São Tomé grosbeak (""Crithagra concolor"") is the largest member of the Crithagra genus of canaries, 50% heavier than the next largest canary species, and possesses a massive bill for a member of that genus. It is endemic to the island of São Tomé. For a long period this bird was known only from three nineteenth-century specimens. It was rediscovered in 1991. The current population is estimated at less than 50, and it is classified"
"in winter, together with Serinus canicollis (African distribution) and Serinus pusillus (Asian distribution) Arnaiz-Villena et al., 1999 The Damara canary is a common and gregarious seedeater, forming flocks of up to 200 birds. Its call is a low ""tseett"", and the male's song is jumble of unmusical notes. Black-headed canary The black-headed canary (""Serinus alario"") is a species of finch found in Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. It is sometimes placed in genus ""Alario"" as ""Alario alario"" Its habitat is dry open scrub and grassland, edges of cultivation and suburban gardens. The black-headed canary is 12–15 cm in length. The"
"""Crithagra"" species. The brimstone canary, with overlapping range, is a known confusion species. Its habitat is karoo and coastal or mountain valley scrub. It builds a compact cup nest in a scrub. The yellow canary is a common and gregarious seedeater. Its call is ""chissick"" or ""cheree"", and the song is a warbled ""zee-zeree-chereeo"". Yellow canary The yellow canary (""Crithagra flaviventris"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in much of the western and central regions of southern Africa and has been introduced to Ascension and St Helena islands. The yellow canary was"
"relative the European serin, and has more grey and brown in its plumage and relatively shorter wings. The song is a silvery twittering similar to the songs of the serin and citril finch. Hybridization with white-rumped seedeater has been noted by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena ""et al"". The Atlantic canary was classified by Linnaeus in 1758 in his ""Systema Naturae"". Linnaeus originally classified the Atlantic canary as a subspecies of the European serin and assigned them to the genus ""Fringilla"". Decades later, Cuvier reclassified them into the genus ""Serinus"" and there they have remained. The Atlantic canary's closest relative is the European"
"the brimstone canary. The name comes from the classical Greek ""krithē"" for ""barley"" and ""agra"" for ""hunting"". The genus contains 37 species: Crithagra Crithagra is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They are found in Africa and Arabia. The species in this genus were formerly assigned to the genus ""Serinus"" but phylogenetic analysis of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. It was therefore split into two monophyletic genera. Eight species including the European serin (""Serinus serinus"") were retained in ""Serinus"" while the other species were assigned to the resurrected genus"
"Penguin Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds. They live almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere, with only one species, the Galapagos penguin, found north of the equator. Highly adapted for life in the water, penguins have countershaded dark and white plumage, and their wings have evolved into flippers. Most penguins feed on krill, fish, squid and other forms of sea life which they catch while swimming underwater. They spend roughly half of their lives on land and the other half in the sea. Although almost all penguin species are native to the Southern Hemisphere,"
"the Breeding Bird Survey. Due to the irruptive nature of this species, populations vary widely from year to year, and trends can be difficult to interpret. Parasitism by brown-headed cowbirds can have a significant impact on pine siskin productivity, and forest fragmentation has increased their contact with cowbirds. Maintaining large tracts of coniferous forest will help keep this bird common. • The Eurasian siskin, ""S. spinus"" is the ancestor of pine siskin, Antillean siskin, ""S. dominicensis,"" and black-capped siskin, ""S. atriceps"". The sub-species ""S. pinus perplexus"" may be closer to ""S. atriceps""; they both thrive in the Guatemalan-Mexican altiplano. •"
"Corsican finch The Corsican finch (""Carduelis corsicana""), also known as Corsican citril finch or Mediterranean citril finch is a bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. It was formerly regarded a subspecies of the citril finch, but it differs in morphology and vocalizations (Cramp & Perrins, 1994, Förschler & Kalko, 2007) as well as mtDNA sequence (Sangster, 2000, ""contra"" Pasquet & Thibault, 1997, Förschler ""et al."" 2009) and they are now considered distinct species (Sangster ""et al."", 2002, Förschler ""et al."" 2009). Formerly, both were placed in the genus ""Serinus"", but they appear to be close relatives of the European goldfinch"
"Seedsnipe The seedsnipes are a small family, Thinocoridae, of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a herbivorous diet. The family is divided into two genera, ""Attagis"" and ""Thinocorus"", each containing two species. The family has a South American distribution, in the Andean and Patagonian regions. The relationships with other families within the order Charadriiformes are uncertain, it has been suggested that the plains wanderer of Australia, the jacanas and the painted snipes are their closest relatives. The plains wanderer in particular has a similar feeding ecology, although differs markedly in breeding biology. The family's common name is misleading, as"